Sector 17

Sector17 is the commercial center of Chandigarh, India having number of banks with their offices here. Sector 17 also has the ISBT of Chandigarh, it is a center for people of Chandigarh for their social gathering It is surrounded by Sec-22,Sec-16, Sec-18 and Sec-9.

 Sector 17 market

Sector 17 market is the most upscale and expensive place to shop in Chandigarh, housing retail outlets of many name brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, Levi's, Dockers, Adidas, Nautica, Puma, Nike, Reebok among others. The market is famous in the region for purchase of luxury goods. Some of the eating joints include Hot Millions, Sindhi Sweets, Sagar ratna, Ovenfresh, Indian coffee house, Cafe Coffee Day etc. Its increasing popularity has made it the most famous place in Chandigarh and the future shop-to place for even big brands like Versace, Armani, BVLGARI and Gucci.

Weekends 

The plaza in this sector is home to many events, tradeshows, and concerts. These are organized by Chandigarh tourism department.

Cinema Halls in Chandigarh

Chandigarh has Seven Cinema halls. Three in Sector 17 and one each in Sectors 22, 32, 34 and 37. Some of them were designed by the founder Design and Development team of Chandigarh. Like K.C. theatre was designed by Aditya Prakash who was the assistant of famous Architect Jane Drew. Cinema in Chandigarh is moving into new grounds with the authorities waving the green signal for conversion of existing cinema halls to multiplexes.

Picture of neelam cinema hall in sector 17

Theatre

Tagore Theatre (Sector 18) and Punjab Kala Bhawan in the Rose Garden are popular venues for music, dance and drama performances

Diwali Trend

Sector 17 in 2003, was the first place in Chandigarh to start prize-giving trend during Diwali season. Later, Sector 22, Sector 34, and Sector 19 also started it. The daily prizes included Mixer Grinders, Blenders etc. , while the mega prize included a Mahindra Scorpio, Hyundai Accent and Tata Safari. The mega prizes were changed every year after then. The initial response was outstanding as there were millions people taking part in the Big Game. Later, after 3–4 years, it started to fade out, and the 2007 bombings in various parts of india, proved to be a major reason that people started to attend it less. The prize ceremony officially ended in Sector 17 in 2006. The market was back to its normal self in 2007 and there were no prizes in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. However, the market association plans to officially bring back the Big Scene in 2011.